Mile 160.3

Riders on the storm

Into this house we’re born

Into this world we’re thrown

- Jim Morrison

Mile 147.1 – Another day

“And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong…..

And the world looks just the same
And history ain’t changed
Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war….

There’s nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Are now parting on the right…..

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss”

- The prophetic Pete Townshend

July 23, 2009 – “Reform may be coming too soon for some in Washington, but it’s not soon enough for the American people.”
-Washingtonian President Barack Obama
July 23, 2009

Mile 138.2 – Tell everybody waiting for Superman that they should try to hold on best they can. He hasn’t dropped them, forgot them, or anything. It’s just too heavy for Superman to lift.
- Wayne Coyne

July 21, 2009 –  It was reported today that the public’s confidence in President Obama’s ability to handle the economy is eroding.

Mile 133.6 – Recycler

It’s encouraging to see that even in these tough economic times people find a way to try and make ends meet.

July 20, 2009 – Unemployment continues to rise in our fair state. Approximately 78,000 people, 5.7 percent of Utah’s work force is unemployed. It was also reported today that a third of Utah’s Legislature will be traveling to Philadelphia this week for the annual  National Conference of State Legislatures. This year’s conference will cost Utah tax payers about $75,000.

It’s not surprising to see that even in these tough economic times our state representatives have no problem spending our money an almost any damn thing.

July Map

Mile 131.4 – Oh great just what this city needs more trouble.

July 18, 2009 – Walter Cronkite died yesterday at age 92.

July 2009 map

Mile 126.7 – Running into the sun

July 2009 Map

Mile 122.1 – Give Me Shelter

July 15, 2009 – It was reported today that congressman Jim Matheson is Utah’s first “campaign millionaire” in this election cycle. According disclosures filed today with the Federal Election Commission, Matheson’s campaign has 1.02 million dollars in the bank. Senator Bob Bennett’s campaign has the second largest coffers at 933 thousand dollars. The 2010 elections are still 16 months away.  It was also reported today that Utah is ranked fifth in the nation in home foreclosures with one in sixty nine homes being in foreclosure.

Mile 118.4 – “This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.”  – Plato

July 14 – A report released yesterday which was prepared by Jim Wood director of Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah declared that “in terms of economic performance, 2009 will be the single worst year in Utah’s post-World War II economic history.” Wood is also reported as saying that “Most troublesome is the increased weakness of Utah’s job market” and “from 2008 to 2010 Utah is projected to lose 70,000 jobs. This level of job loss is unprecedented.”

Meanwhile GM filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today stating that Rick Wagoner the ousted CEO of General Motors will retire Aug 1 with a pension and benefit package valued at more than 10 million dollars. Wagoner, who is 56 years old, has been the CEO of GM since 2003; during which time GM has lost over 85 billion dollars.

July 2009 Map

Mile 111.7 – “There is a train that leaves the station heading for your destination,
but the price you pay to nowhere has increased a dollar more.”

-        Robert Plant

July 10 – It was announced yesterday that a month long crackdown in June by US Marshals made more than 35,000 arrests of violent fugitives residing in the U.S. This is the greatest number of arrests made in the five-year annual roundup known as Operation Falcon.

July 2009 Map

Mile 102.7 – Today Allstate Insurance Company released a rather sobering report. The report ranked Salt Lake City as the 99^th safest large U.S. city for driving. The report ranked 200 U.S. cities and apparently 101 of them have larger moronic driving populations than Salt Lake City.

July 8, 2009 – Oscar G. Mayer, the third Oscar Mayer to chair the meat processing company that bears his name died this week.